The "BIG" Zoo

Again I am behind on my blogging. Last Sunday we went to the Omaha zoo with friends of ours from Omaha. We have gotten in the habit of not telling Bryce and Caleb what we are doing or where we are going until we leave, so they were so excited when we told them we were going to the Omaha zoo. The weather could have been a little warmer but at least it didn't rain and no one got sun burnt. We met Rick and Brittney there and headed to the petting zoo first. The boys got a kick out of trying to feed the goats and watching two that were fighting. Abby thought the petting zoo was great! She tried to pet and kiss any animal that would let her get close. She also randomly shouted out BA BA to every animal that she saw. The boys and I have tried to convince her that other animals make different noises but she always goes back to BA.
We walked around to the outside animals and the boys were very impressed with the new Madagascar exhibit. I think Bryce really thought that the lemurs would be wearing fruit on their heads singing "I Like to Move It, Move It." But he was impressed all the same. I think we all realized how much walking you actually do at the zoo, especially when you are pulling a wagon with 70+ pounds in it.(Thanks Rick and Brittney for helping us drag our children and all of our stuff through the zoo!)
At lunch time we headed to the Rain forest Cafe where we managed to lose 2 out of our 3 children for a few terrifying seconds. Once everyone was found, we had a nice lunch. It was a little eye opening to Robb and I how long a meal out takes with 3 kids. Rick and Brittney were done and we spent another half and hour cutting up food, wiping spills, and passing out more food/condiments. (Yeah, we have a condiment problem at our house.)
We finished up the zoo with a quick visit to the rain forest, desert dome and the aquarium. It was a great day! The kids were asleep before we even got on the interstate and they didn't even have to walk the entire time. I will say that Bryce walked most of the way and Caleb walked as little as he could get away with. Later that night, Bryce told me his legs were so sore that he thought they were going to fall off. I thought this was pretty cute.